This specification is a Reference Specification that the Engineer orArchitect can make applicable to any construction project by citing it in theProject Specifications. The Architect/Engineer supplements the provisionsof this Reference Specification as needed by designating or specifyingindividual project requirements.

The document covers materials and proportioning of concrete; reinforcing andprestressing steels; production, placing, finishing, and curing of concrete; andformwork design and construction. Methods of treatment of joints andembedded items, repair of surface defects, and finishing of formed and unformedsurfaces are specified. Separate sections are devoted to architecturalconcrete, lightweight concrete, mass concrete, prestressed concrete, andshrinkage-compensating concrete. Provisions governing testing, evaluation,and acceptance of concrete as well as acceptance of the structures are included.